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Padres 8, Mets 7: More Disbelief for the Mets, This Time in How a Loss Unfolds

Curtis Granderson had just sent a charge through Citi Field, lifting a three-run homer to right field Thursday afternoon in the fifth inning of the Mets’ game against San Diego, and after he rounded the bases to roaring cheers and made his way through the dugout, high-fiving his teammates, he found Wilmer Flores. Granderson pulled him in for a hug and patted his back, and Flores laid his head on Granderson’s shoulder and smiled.

The night before, Flores had been wiping tears from his eyes on the field, with everyone watching his every move, after word spread that he had been traded to the Milwaukee Brewers, along with Zack Wheeler, in exchange for center fielder Carlos Gomez.